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State RegulationsNC specificDifficulty 1/5

A North Carolina applicant is replacing an existing life insurance policy. Within how many days of delivery must the replacing insurer's notice allow the applicant to return the new policy for an unconditional full refund?

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Why B is correct

Under 11 NCAC 12 .0612(a)(4), the replacing insurer must give notice of the right to return the policy within 30 days of delivery for an unconditional full refund of all premiums and considerations, including policy fees. The generous window and full-refund standard protect applicants who replace coverage from being locked into an unsuitable new policy while the old one is gone.

Why the other options are wrong

  • A) Ten days is the standard Ten Day Free Look period for ordinary (non-replacement) life and annuity policies, not the replacement return window.
  • C) Thirty-one days is the life insurance grace period for late premium payment, a different rule entirely.
  • D) Forty-five days is the outer limit for mailing notice before premium forfeiture, not the replacement return period.

Memory hook

Replace = 30-day escape hatch with every dollar back.

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State RegulationsNC specificDifficulty 3/5

An applicant in Greensboro is replacing an existing life insurance policy with a new policy from a different insurer. How does the new policy's return right compare with the standard free-look right?

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Why A is correct

Under 11 NCAC 12 .0612(a)(4), the replacing insurer must give notice of the right to return the replacement policy within 30 days of delivery for an unconditional full refund of all premiums and considerations, including policy fees. The ordinary 'Ten Day Free Look' required by 11 NCAC 12 .0447 gives only 10 days after receipt for a prompt refund of premium. Replacement therefore enlarges the standard 10-day right to 30 days.

Why the other options are wrong

  • B) This reverses the two periods; the 30-day right belongs to replacements under 11 NCAC 12 .0612(a)(4), and the standard free look is 10 days under 11 NCAC 12 .0447.
  • C) Replacement transactions carry the broadest return right in North Carolina's rules — 30 days for a full refund under 11 NCAC 12 .0612(a)(4) — and the standard free look is 10 days, not 30.
  • D) The 31-day life grace period governs late premium payment under G.S. 58-58-22(1) and has nothing to do with free-look or return rights.

Memory hook

Replacement stretches the look: 10 becomes 30 when a policy is replaced.

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